The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) hopes justice will prevail after it launched an appeal with FIFA and CAF to have the 1-0 loss to Ghana in the World Cup qualifier on Sunday replayed.
SAFA is convinced that the match against Ghana at Cape Coast Sports Stadium was fixed and wants the football bodies to investigate the conduct of the match officials.
Senegalese referee Maguette Ndiaye and his assistants Elhadji Malick, Camara Djibril, and Gueye Daouda were accused of making questionable decisions during the match.
In 2017, reports show that South Africa had to replay their World Cup qualifier after a FIFA review discovered that referee Joseph Lamptey awarded a penalty for a non-existent handball during their match against Senegal at Peter Mokaba Stadium in 2016.
The match was replayed with South Africa losing out after they had won the initial tie. Senegal eventually won the group and made it to Russia in 2018.
